Off the track

Judge throws out Armstrong suit against USADA

A federal judge on Monday dismissed Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the US Anti-Doping Agency, opening the way for the agency's drug case against the seven-time Tour de France winner to proceed.

US District Judge Sam Sparks noted "troubling aspects" of the USADA's case against Armstrong and a "perplexing" battle between the USADA and the International Cycling Union over jurisdiction in the case, but despite his criticism of those bodies he was firm in his view that the US courts were not the place to decide the issue.